Travis and their mum, Desiree, on set for the Pantene campaign. (Pantene)
Travis Alabanza, the writer, performer and theatre-maker extraordinaire, agreed to kick off their slippers recently to do something a bit different: a modelling shoot with their mum, Desiree.
“I was gagged, because I’ve been wanting an excuse to get my mum dressed up and glammed up. It was a no-brainer for me,” they say.
But when Travis proposed the shoot – a hair campaign with Pantene – to their mum, she said no.
“Because she was like, ‘I don’t wanna do my own hair!'” Travis laughs. “I told her, ‘Mum, it’s Pantene, they will bring in hair people!’ So then she was like, ‘Well, what about make-up, I’d have to get new make-up!'”